USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name of the meeting between representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies in 1774?
A
Dirty Dozen
B
First Continental Congress
C
United States Congress
D
American Parliament
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The delegates of 12 of 13 colonies met in September 1774 at Carpenter Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The meeting was called as First Continental Congress.

Detailed explanation-2: -The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774. Delegates from twelve of Britain’s thirteen American colonies met to discuss America’s future under growing British aggression.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Continental Congress met briefly in Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from September 5 to October 26, 1774. Delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that would ultimately join in the Revolutionary War participated.

Detailed explanation-4: -The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.

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